The report concluded that the rise in the number of women getting a degree in the last two decades had made the performance of their male counterparts look “relatively dismal”.

Have white boys been left behind? Should universities do more to attract young men? Do you think that teachers have been too focused on encouraging girls and children from ethnic minorities? Would boys benefit from single sex schools?

Or do teenage boys lack the ambition to make the most of their educational opportunities? Do white boys lack positive role models?